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They may have the code but lack a tool chain to compile it.
by mikerg87 3y ago
They may have the code but lack a tool chain to compile it.
- jacobp100 3y agoI think this is more likely. Tooling changes a lot, and if they had a developer that was capable of patching the binary, it was probably faster and less risk
- tambourine_man 3y agoThat's my guess too. Anyway, we failed at computing if we can't edit code a couple of decades old.
- pjmlp 3y agoThen we failed, given how common it happens to be.
- tambourine_man 3y agoYes, we did
- kristianp 3y agoWhat kind of strange toolchain would be unavailable to Microsoft, who makes the sdks?
- zinekeller 3y agoLess seriously, The Magical Excel 97 Far East Language Build Screwdriver™ (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20191119-00/?p=103115 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20191119-00/?p=10...) More seriously, as the article states, it is the configuration etc. of those build computers. The code is pre-cloud computing (where VMs to build stuff can be archived for pennies), and the build computers are likely gone given how old the component is.